Committee Members

Members of an ad hoc committee appointed by the Texas Library Association created this tool kit and other materials to increase participation in El día de los niños/El día de los libros celebrations. Committee members brought ideas from their respective communities and integrated them into the tool kit. Committee members are: 

• Dr. Barry M. Bishop, Administrator for Library Information Services, Spring Branch ISD, Houston (TLA Board Liaison)
• Betty Carter, Consultant, Coppell
• Anna Cruz, Director of Libraries/Parental Involvement, San Benito Consolidated Independent School District, San Benito
• Maribel Garza-Castro, Library Specialist, Houston ISD, Houston
• Jan Gregory, Librarian, Austin Elementary School, San Angelo
• Amanda Hernández, Assistant Librarian, Hondo Public Library, Hondo
• Patricia L. Hernández,Ysleta Library Branch Manager, El Paso
• Jiun C. Kuo, Head of Cataloging, Rice University, Houston
• Jeanette Larson, Youth Services Manager, Austin Public Library, Austin
• Solina Kasten Marquis, Youth Services Librarian, Frisco Public Library, Frisco
• John Sigwald, Librarian, Unger Memorial Library, Plainview
• Rose Treviño (Chair), Youth Services Coordinator, Houston Public Library, Houston
• Sylvia Vardell, Professor of Literature for Children and Young Adults, School of Library and Information Studies, Texas Woman’s University, Denton